Background
Floum, Joshua R. was born on May 14, 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany.
Floum, Joshua R. was born on May 14, 1958 in Frankfurt, West Germany.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1980). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983).
Worked at Legal Strategies Group (Emeryville, California) specializing in Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Pre-litigation Counseling, and Intellectual Property Counseling, Licensing and Prosecution. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California. Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Legality and Ideology," Harvard International Review, Volume V., Number.
3, December 1982.
"What Role for Law in the Process of International Relations," 24 Harvard International Law Journal, 256, 1983. "The Federal Rights of Patients at Kalaupapa," 6 University of Hawaii Law Review 507, 1984. "Who"s Left Standing," Recorder Environmental Law, September 1992.
"Exporting Environmentalism," 3 Environmental Law News 4, 1994.
"Counterfeiting in the People"s Republic of China," 28 Journal of World Trade 35, 1994. Company-Author: "Theories of Attorney"s Liability and Securities Transactions: The Past Year," (with Douglas M. Schwab), 359 Litigation and Practice Series 532, Practising Law Institute 1988.
Law Clerk to Honorary A. Wallace Tashima, United States. District Court, Central District of California, 1983-1984.
Litigation Counsel, Earth Island Institute, 1988.
Legal Strategies Group"s practice is business litigation and counseling for individuals and corporations. The firm tries cases, and works closely with its clients to develop overall legal strategies which are consistent with long-term business objectives. Litigation practice areas in trial and appellate courts include: commercial disputes, antitrust, director and officer liability, professional malpractice, real estate claims, trade secrets, insurance coverage, patent, copyright and trademark claims, employment, securities disputes, environmental claims, construction disputes, financial fraud and criminal defense.
Intellectual property representation includes: trademark and copyright counseling, licensing and prosecution.
Special emphasis on antitrust, distribution practices and brand protection.
Member: American Bar Association.